In-fiber microchannel device filled with a carbon nanotube dispersion for passive mode-lock lasing

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 15425-15430

  Martinez, Amos ^a   Zhou, Kaiming ^b   Bennion, Ian ^b   Yamashita, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FIBERS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MICROCHANNELS; NANOTUBES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; YARN;

HOMOGENEOUS SOLUTIONS; LASER MICRO-FABRICATION; MICRO-CHANNEL DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS; OPTOFLUIDIC DEVICES; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OPTICS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 54749099218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015425     Document Type: Article

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